Update 17APR

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   By the way...

The upgrades to caravan capacity *do not* (currently) apply to caravans that are gathering resources from the map - these still only have a capacity of 200.

It's easy enough to apply this change to these caravans, but wouldn't mind some thoughts from you guys about this.

It would be natural to allow gathering Caravans to gather more, as they have increased capacity.  However, the gathering speed (200 per hour) won't increase (until we bring in skills to do that as well).

This means that (for example) if there is sufficient resource on the square, a Juggernaut upgraded caravan will be there for 7 and a half hours, gathering.

I have no issue with this, but wonder if many of the players use "Hit and Run" caravan tactics, where you only send one out and you actually *want* it to be on its way back an hour later, rather than forcing it to be there for many hours...

Thoughts either way?

Best,

GM Stormcrow

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GM Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3820	Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 18:54
	By the way... The upgrades to caravan capacity do not (currently) apply to caravans that are gathering resources from the map - these still only have a capacity of 200. It's easy enough to apply this change to these caravans, but wouldn't mind some thoughts from you guys about this. It would be natural to allow gathering Caravans to gather more, as they have increased capacity. However, the gathering speed (200 per hour) won't increase (until we bring in skills to do that as well). This means that (for example) if there is sufficient resource on the square, a Juggernaut upgraded caravan will be there for 7 and a half hours, gathering. I have no issue with this, but wonder if many of the players use "Hit and Run" caravan tactics, where you only send one out and you actually want it to be on its way back an hour later, rather than forcing it to be there for many hours... Thoughts either way? Best, GM Stormcrow

Wuzzel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Status: Offline Points: 605	Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 15:08
	3K resources per caravan at lvl 20 :D 3000 x 40 = 120.000 caravan capacity per city at lvl 20 (with all the according trade skills) Edited by Wuzzel - 17 Apr 2010 at 15:09

MFrance Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Greenhorn Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Status: Offline Points: 65	Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 14:00
	Oow! That's GREAT! ..MFrance

HonoredMule Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Joined: 05 Mar 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1650	Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 13:58
	There is a God! dances Edited by HonoredMule - 17 Apr 2010 at 13:58

GM Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3820	Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 13:56
	Updates (17 APR): New Trade Skills Available New trade skills have gone live, enabling you to increase the carrying capacity of your caravans. The skills (and new carrying capacities) are: Improved Loading - 300 Resources Reinforced Cartwheels - 600 Resources Baggage Train - 1000 Resources Juggernaut - 1500 Resources They can be found in your Research Summary under Trade.